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Highlights from the daily news programme with Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra. Featuring all the latest stories, interviews and special reports. Listen live Monday to Friday at 4.30pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Guidance published on the inclusion of transgender and non-binary people in sport
Sport Ireland has published guidance on the inclusion of transgender and non-binary people in sport, saying it has become an important issue for sports organisations and is attracting increasing scrutiny at a societal level. To tell us more Sports journalist Cliona Foley.
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Interview with the family of the late Martin Abbott
The family of a patient who lay dead on the floor of Limerick’s overcrowded Emergency Department for over an hour before staff found him have called for meaningful changes in the hospital to prevent further tragedies there. Our reporter John Cooke is back with more on this story today as he speaks with Mr Abbott’s family.
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Living in an age of uncertainty - locally, globally and environmentally
War is raging in many parts of the world, the environmental crisis is more obvious than ever, the rise of the extremism is a great concern for many and this year will see the largest number of people voting.... across the globe. Help is at hand - Dr Paul D’Alton, Associate Professor of Psychology at UCD, is back with us for the next four weeks to help us navigate the age of uncertainty.
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Oral hearings close on Metrolink, could it finally be nearing a green light?
Six weeks and submissions from more than 120 parties, the oral hearings on the Dublin Metrolink project to An Bord Pleanála finally came to an end today. To discuss this Olivia Kelly is the Dublin Editor with The Irish Times & Ian Carey-Green Party Councillor.
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University of Limerick lose over 5million euro on the purchase of 20 houses
The purchase of 20 houses at a grossly inflated price of more than 11 million euro, that left the university with a 5 million deficit. To discuss this Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education.
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White House says Israeli government agreed to reschedule a visit by a group of officials- after standoff
White House said today that the Israeli government agreed to reschedule a visit by a group of officials. The UN's human rights official, Volker Türk, said that Israel bore significant blame-and that there was a "plausible" case -that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. For reaction Israeli government spokesman, David Mencer.